Russia is planning to introduce temporary restrictions on dairy, meat and seafood imports from Greece, starting July 15, according to the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service, The Moscow Times reports.

Russian food safety inspectors, who discovered violations of hygiene standards in June, said the Greek Veterinary Service had overlooked improper certification of animal products intended for export.

July 1st 2013, Doosan Vina marked another important milestone in the localization of the company when the first completely designed, engineered, manufactured and commissioned 145 tons Rubber Tired Gantry Crane (RTGC) was handed over to thePort of Danang on June 28th.

Speaking at the ceremony Mr. Nguyen Thu, Danang Port Director said "The 100% 'Made in Vietnam' RTGC will increase our productivity because the loading and unloading of cargo container ships will be much faster and enable us to hit our targets." Thu went on to say that “This additional RTGC will help Danang port raise its container handling capacity making it more attractive as an import/export center in Vietnam.”

This RTGC weighed 145 tons was 27M high, 25M long and 11M wide and designed to move the 40 ton containers typical in global logistics today.

The third annual “One Mind Festival” at Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam was themed "Proud People, ProudDoosan" took place on April 6th at the company’sDung Quat 110 hectare complex. Almost 2,500 employees were joined by nearly 300 guests from government agencies, clients, partners, the local community and members of employees’ families for the all day event.

Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam announced that Vitenamese technicians had recently won a global industrial competition in Korea. The competition involved entries from Doosan Heavy Industries seven worldwide production sites and to honor and welcome the winning team home a cermony was held at the company’s 110 hectarce high tech manufacturing complex in Quang Ngai.

“This is a significant event because Vietnamese industrial skills were pitted against much more experienced and senior operations from around the world, and we won!” Said a spokesperson who went on to say, Doosan’s Vietnamese operation has only been in production for a little more than three years and winning the competion is certanily a testimony to the skill and expertise of the Vietnamese workforce”.

Russia is the second-most important trading partner for the Port of Hamburg in terms of seaborne container handling.

With a total volume of about 675,000 TEUs handled between Hamburg and the Russian ports, the volume of container traffic was up by a further 13.3 per cent in 2012, consolidating the lead in foreign trade with Europe and overseas via Hamburg.

The ASEAN and global rice market fundamentals in 2011–2012 indicate record production and growth in global stocks. International reference prices for long grain white rice have declined significantly from levels of the previous 3 years. The baseline projections presented in this paper imply a growth in output, consumption, stocks and trade, assuming normal weather and a continuation of current policies.

Laos will officially become the 158th member of the World Trade Organization on Feb. 2.

The country last week notified the WTO that it had ratified its membrership agreement, which had been approved by the WTO General Council in October. Negotiations on Laos’ accession had lasted 15 years, the WTO said.

Four nations joined the multilateral trade body in 2012: Montenegro, Russia, Samoa andVanuatu.

At the second India-ASEAN Business Fair in New Delhi, Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, expressed confidence that trade between India and the Association of Southeast Nations countries will reach $100 billion by 2015.

“We would like to benefit from ASEAN experience in key sectors of economy, such as infrastructure, agro-processing, retail and value-added manufacturing,” Sharma said.

He also stressed that there should be a concerted push to strengthen connections with ASEAN to foster economic growth.